Medical Education Program

APAC Shoulder Symposium
Friday and Saturday, May 16-17,2025
ArthroLab™ | Singapore

DESCRIPTION

The course presents the latest strategies to equip attendees with the highest level of diagnostic and treatment approaches to the most difficult and challenging pathologies. It is designed to propel the arthroscopic skills and treatment armamentarium of the participants by showcasing the most advanced and innovative surgical techniques.

This is designed for key thought leaders, practicing advanced arthroscopic shoulder techniques who are open to adopting the latest procedures in their practice. They should have thorough experience in treating instability, glenoid bone loss, and massive rotator cuff tears.

FACULTY

Dr. Sae Hoon Kim
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

Dr Kim serves as Professor at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Seoul National Hospital. Dr Kim completed his PhD studies at Seoul National University in 2011 followed by a one-year visiting scholarship in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, USA. Prof Kim’s major clinical interests are in shoulder, including sports, traumatic and degenerative injuries. Dr Kim and his team have published more than 100 peer-reviewed academic articles and won one Neer award from ASES in 2013 and one Best Orthopedic Research Society poster in 2017. Prof Kim is active in multiple Korean orthopedic academic societies and is also a member of AAOS and Orthopaedic Research Society.

Dr. Xuesong Dai
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

Dr Dai serve as the chief surgeon at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Dr Dai has special interests in adult recon and sports medicine. He has completed multiple fellowship trainings in several institutions such as New York HSS, UPMC, Nepean Joint replacement and reconstruction center in Sydney, etc. Dr Dai is the Vice-Chairman of Youth Committee of CSMS, standing committee member of ICRS-China, committee member of CSESS, APKASS, and member of ISAKOS. Dr Dai is also keen on clinical and laboratory research. His team publishes dozens of papers annually.

AGENDA

Day 1, Friday, May 16

08:30AM	Arrival and Registration
08:55AM	Welcome and Introduction – Medical Education
	Didactic Session I: Instability Management
09:00AM	Anterior Instability: The Scope for Bankart Repair Alone
09:10AM	Back on Track with Remplissage
09:20AM	Revisit Latarjet Procedure: Indication and Techniques
09:30AM	Bone Block Cerclage for Anterior Bone Loss
	ArthroLab Session I
10:15AM	Bankart Repair, Remplissage Procedure, Bone Block Cerclage
12:15PM	Lunch
	Didactic Session II: Frozen Shoulder & Massive Tears
1:00PM	PASTA Lesion Repair: What Does the Literature Say and My Opinion
1:10PM	New Techniques for Posterosuperior Cuff Tear Repair
1:20PM	Manage Subscapularis Tendon Tear in an Efficient Way
1:30PM	Case Discussion
	ArthroLab Session Il
2:30PM	Cuff Releases, Subscapularis Repair
4:00PM	Adjourn

AGENDA

Day 2, Friday, May 17

08:45AM	Arrival
	Didactic Session III: Rotator Cuff Tears
09:00AM	Mobilization Technique for Massive RC Tears: Step-by-Step
09:10AM	Augment Rotator Cuff with CuffMend™
09:20AM	SCR: Complex Solution for a Complex Problem
09:30AM	Biological Tuberoplasty: New Option for MRCT
10:00AM	Certificate
	ArthroLab Session III
10:30AM	SpeedBridge™ Technique, CuffMend™, Bursal Augmentation
12:15PM	Lunch
	Session IV: Other Shoulder Pathologies
1:00PM	Thawing the Frozen Shoulder
1:10PM	Manage LHBT Pathologies: What Is the Consensus?
1:20PM	AC Joint Dislocation, Where Are We Today?
1:30PM	Case Discussion / Q&A
	ArthroLab Session IV
2:00PM	LHBT Tenodesis, AC Joint Recon, Open Latarjet
4:00PM	Adjourn

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